14er Patches

Above the South Colony Lakes are the big walls of the Crestone Needle and the wild gendarmes of the ridge to Crestone Peak. Crestone is Spanish for 'cockscomb.' Elevation 14,197 feet.

The first European to ascend Torreys Peak, botanist Charles C. Parry, named the peak for his botanist colleague John Torrey. Torrey's is frequently mentioned in conjunction with Grays Peak.

The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike and is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. Manitou Springs lies at its base. Elevation 14,110 feet.

Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular. Elevation 14,042 feet.

Castle Peak takes its name from its castellated summit. It is located 11.6 miles of the Town of Crested Butte on the drainage divide separating Gunnison National Forest and Gunnison County. Elevation 14,265 feet.

Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains. The prominent 14,321 foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California.

The San Luis Peak is situated rather far to the east of the other fourteeners in the San Juans, and has more of a wilderness setting than many of the others. Elevation 14,014 feet.

Mount Lincoln, along with its neighbors Cameron, Democrat and Bross, is pockmarked with old silver mines. It is located in Park County. Elevation 14,286 feet.

Tabeguache, "tab-uh-wash," lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River, in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest and is in Chaffee County. Elevation 14,155 feet.

Sunshine Peak has the distinction of being the lowest of Colorado's 53 fourteeners. Elevation 14,001 feet.

Snowmass Mountain is named for the large snowfield that lies on its eastern slopes. It lies along the border between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, west of Aspen and southwest of the town of Snowmass Village. Elevation 14,092 feet.